Question

Joey is creating a rectangular garden. The garden is 9 feet long and 7 feet wide.
Joey calculated he needs BLANK
feet of fencing to close in the garden and BLANK
square feet of soil to cover the garden.

Answer 1

He needs 32 feet of fencing because 9+9+7+7=32.

He needs 63 square feet of soil because 7 × 9 = 63

Answer 2

Ok so to measure how many feet of fencing you need you have to duplicate 9 and 7, because a rectangle has 4 sides, 2 of each value (9 or 7). 9*2=18 and 7*2=14. (18 + 14=32) You need 32 feet of fencing to close in the garden. Now the square feet are calculated multiplying length with width. 9*7=63 so you need 63 square feet of soil to cover the garden.

Hope this helped you,

Casey ;)